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'''The Queen Creek Arizona Temple''' was among the seventeen new temples announced by President [[Russell M. Nelson]] during the October 2024 General Conference of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints].[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2024-general-conference-new-temples] The Queen Creek Arizona Temple will be the eighth house of the Lord operating, under construction, or announced in this southwestern state.

Beginning in the 1850s, Latter-day Saints occasionally traveled from the Utah Territory to preach the restored gospel and to explore the possibility of permanent settlements in Arizona. The [[Mesa Arizona Temple]], the first in Arizona, was dedicated in October 1927.

There are nearly 443,000 Latter-day Saints in the state in around 925 congregations. The first Church members arrived in Arizona in the winter of 1846.

Queen Creek, known originally as “Rittenhouse,” was settled by early Arizona homesteaders. Queen Creek was incorporated in 1989 and is in the far southeast of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. There are more than 80,000 residents in the Queen Creek area.

==Location==

The Queen Creek Arizona Temple is currently in the planning stages. No location has been announced.

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==Videos==
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==External Links==
* [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/details/queen-creek-arizona-temple?lang=eng Official Queen Creek Arizona Temple page]
* [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/queen-creek-arizona-temple/ Queen Creek Arizona Temple page]
* [https://www.thechurchnews.com/almanac/temples/ Temples—The Church News Almanac]
* [https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/a-prophets-temple-invitation-president-russell-m-nelson?lang=eng FamilySearch RootsTech, Temple Invitation by Russell M. Nelson] 
* [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/article/temples What Are Temples?]
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